Wal*Mart in DC

[FlyingNarwhal]

I hate when I end up on the side of corporations like Walmart, but I don't agree with that super minimum wage. Obviously Walmart needs to change it's labor practices but I just don't think that is the way to do it. If you are going to advocate that businesses pay their workers a minimum wage that meets the standards of living that's fine, but it has to be completely across the board. Why should union businesses not have to pay their workers the same wage if what they currently pay is not meeting the minimum standard of living? That just sounds like government favoritism to me. Besides it might even have a negative impact on small businesses as well. If I've been working at a small mom and pop shop and getting paid $10.00 an hour there, and then Walmart comes in with its required $12.50 minimum wage, do you think I'm going to keep working at that mom and pop shop? Hell no! I'm gonna quit that shitty paying job for the better paying one. And considering you live in DC I'm assuming there are quite a few large businesses that fit the description given in the legislation. So you would have many big stores boxing out the small businesses because they can afford to pay their workers more, where as the small shops have to struggle to find workers and keep them.